A large, Midwestern county implemented a four-tiered public health model of children's
mental health with an interconnected systems approach involving education, health care …

Although still a work in progress, the community systems of care model now serves as the
conceptual framework defining the organization of public children's mental health and other …

The alarming number of youth with unmet mental health needs in the US is a significant
social problem. The pilot school-based mental health project described here established an …

The paper reviews data on the gap between young people who need and young people
who receive mental health care. The fact that need far outstrips available resources …

This chapter will provide an overview of the school mental health field which has grown
significantly since its beginning days in child guidance clinics and primary focus on …

Since the early 1980s, increasing attention has been devoted in the literature to the
conceptualization, development, and implementation of integrated and comprehensive …

This issue consists of five articles profiling different aspects of the national evaluation of the
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families …

The Center for Mental Health Services (1997) estimates that from 9 to 13% of all children
aged 9–17 have a serious emotional disturbance that either impairs or substantially …

The emotional health and wellbeing of children and adolescents and their families is of
utmost importance. Pediatricians are at the front line in identifying mental illness in children …

Children's mental health needs continue to be largely unmet, even when community
services are provided. On-site mental health services in schools address unmet needs by …